Trump to Meet Latin American Leaders With Eye on Venezuela

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited three Latin American leaders to dine with him next week in New York as he seeks to address the Venezuela crisis and build bridges with the region after an acrimonious start with neighbor Mexico. The political and economic turmoil in Venezuela, source of 10 percent of the oil consumed by the United States, will almost certainly top the agenda when he receives the center-right presidents of Peru, Colombia and Brazil at Trump Tower on Monday evening, diplomats said. "Trump needs to show that he has good friends in the region who share a positive agenda with the United States, but I am not sure he will get what he wants," said a Brazilian diplomat, who asked not to be named to be able to speak freely on the matter. More…